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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23

The true edible birds nest swiftlet is q
native of Ceylon and of the Malay region,
and it builds in caves where materials for
architecture are necessarily scanty or on
sea cliffs of inaccessible height More than
most other swifts this tropical species is
n confirmed highfyer, hawking for its
food around the SUBMITS of the noun
tains and much indisposed to settle on the
ground upon any preteXt. Hence it has
learned to carry to the furthest possible
limit the family habit of making a nest
quite literally sail out of its own head,''
without the slightest eXtraneous aid OF
any sort
The best and cleanest nests, which fetch
the highest price, are composed entirely Of
pure mucuS from the salivary glands.
The material in its hardened state is
brittle, tlbrous, white and transparent,
every like pure gum arabic, or even
glass" and the inner lining consists OF
nothing but small soft feathers. inferior
nests, which command smaller price in
the Chinese market, arc composed in part
OF dry grasses, hair and down, welded to-
gether by tho flbrous, gummy secretion
In short, as Mr.. Darwin bluntly puts it
"The Chinese make soup Of dried saliva. ,
This sounds horrid enough, to be sure
but when we ourselves give up colorinl
jellies with defunct coohineal insects i
will be time for us 10 cast the first stone
at the Oriental cuisine. Maya
zine
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
The Man in the Ditch.

On recent evening when the sidewalks
were slippery a gentleman not wholly un.
known to local fame started to walk from
his club to his house. Now, this is q feat
that he has performed time and time again
without injury to himself or amusement
to the neighbors; but on this particular
evening he had been eating something for
supper that disagreed with him, and made
the sidewalks so treachcrous that he took
the middle of the street in order to gain
foot room. There was one bad spot on
the street where workmen had been re-
pairing the sewer, and where ditch some
six feet in depth had been left unguarded.
1t was quite natural that in his dreamy
progress the gentleman should walk
plump into this pitfall, and that, after re-
alizing what had happened to him, he
should clamor for assistance. Two young
fellows came by and he begged them for a
lift
"What are you doing thereT' they
asked.
"Waitin' Clic) to get out"
'But what's your nameT'
"My names my own, amt it. Wosh
you want to know name for?n
'Look here. If you don't tell us who
you arc we won't pull you out"
"Ver' well. I'm severed"
And the young fellows pulled the sup
posed Mr.. Seward out of the ditch, and
pointed his nose toward home and left
im.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
How n Joking Machine Works.

A young man Of my acquaintance who
has always been considered an odd stick
not because he lacks common sense but
because he has strange habit of doing
things in his own way, told me that hay.
ing gone lately to live in q suburban town,
and being unable to read in the cars with
out injury to his eyes, he had hit upon the
following cxpedient for passing the time
on his journey to and fro. He sits apart
from his friends, apparently wrapped ia
gloomy reflections, but really engaged in
connecting humorous paragraphs which
he sells. lie has laid out his work quite
after the manner of Anthony Trollope,
sternly requiring of himself one joke for
every trip, and so well does he succeed
that he very rarely fails on Saturday to
post twelve items Of merchantable quality.
On Sunday of course he has holiday.
He told me also, and / am curious to
know if the experience of other profess
sional humorists is the same, that the
business is dono best in cloudy and stormy
weather. On fine morning, he says, his
attention is distracted and no sometimes
reaches Boston quite jokeless; whereas in
q driving snow storm he often picks up
two and even three very fair paragraphs
during the journey, especially when the
train is little late. A succession of fine
days last month nearly ruined him, hut he
expects to do very well in March and
April. Boston Post.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
Heal,hfulncss of Running Water,

Rapid flowing waters seem more living
and healthful than those of sluggish
streams, but there is much illusion in this
appearance. If they get moro exposure
to oxidation, they also get less time for it.
If the slow stream leaves more organic
deposit in its bed, it is because it has more
tiIoe and repose for settling and less force
for carrying the dirt with it. The bed of
the swift stream is clean at the expense of
9leanness in the water that scours it; just
as the waahed dish is cleaner than the
dish water. The only valid reason for
2referring the water of a rapid stream,
quantities being equal, would be position
more elevated and less exposed to surface
drainage. Engineers calculate that the
carrying power of water increases as the
sixth power of the increase of velocity, so
that a stream flowing six times as fast as
another will be able to transport AZ, $50
times more matter. Consequently. if
pollution be discharged into lively flow
ing strerIn, it viii have very little chance
of being dropped from the water at ALL
Chicago Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
New York's Days of Distress.

During the prevalence of the yellow
fever, Q798 when not in attendance or
the sick, was busily employed in making
nails for the coffinmakers. A carpenter
in Warren street Kept twelve men con,
stantly employed in making white wood
collins, not painted, which he sold for
S5 each. Two stout lads, with hand
cart load, went daily through the streets,
stopping at every corner and crying out
Collins, collins, all sizes, only So. Ii
many instances the coffin stood under
the bed of the patient for days and weeks
waiting for him. Some recovered and
pid the carpenter for their own collins
Undertakers, as a profession, were moi
known in New York at That period. L.
Graut Thorburn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
For Girls who Play the Plano.

A contemporary says the world does not
know, much less does 1t reward, one-half
of its benefactors 1t is to Be hoped that
a better return than ingratitude will be
reaped by the Stuttgart inventor-Schauz-
enbach by name-who has devised con-
trivance for deadening the sound of pi-
amos. This continuance, to which tho
simple name of ''mute' has been given,
consists of the application of fine flannel
to the frame which is found between the
strings and hammers of an upright piano.
Herr Schauzenbach claims that by the use
Of his apparatus, which, it is satisfactory
TO read, is nexpensive-sound can be
graduated almost to inaudibility, and yet
the quality of the tone is not lost. A trial
of the invention has recently been made
before company of musicians at Stutt
CART and the result appears to have been {
success. The piano mute having been in
vented, all that now remains to be done il
tosecure for it as wide adoption as pos
sible EXCHANGE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
IRVING to interview Con. Sherman.

Gen. w. T. Sherman is a breezy talker
when he once gets a-going. When he is
thoroughly interested in subject and
feels in the mood to talk he can make o
space reporters heart glad in one short
half hour. Soon after the death of Gen.
Grant two reporters called upon Gen
Sherman at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
this city and tried to extract some per-
sonal "reminiscences from him. The hero
of the march through Georgia received
the newspaper men with much cordiality.
He insisted on their laying aside their
note books, however. 81 loved Gen. Grant
dearly, and / am willing to talk about
him." he said, ''but l don't want you
boys to print word that l say. l have
been talking too much for the press re-
Gently, and have made up my mind to
stop right now" No amount Of coaxing
or arguing could induce Gen. Sherman to
change his mind on this point, and for
about twenty minutes the two reporters
enjoyed the aggrayating pleasure of hear
ing the dead hero's comrade reel OF rem
iniscences that would have made splendid
reading matter for their respective news.
papers. New York Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
A Fascinating Detective.

A dashing young clerk in o brokers'
Office recently had some experience with
pretty, vivacious girl attached to q private
detective bureau. He was living at q
more rapid gait than his salary warranted.
After two male detectives bad failed to
get into the young swcll's confidence, the
pretty operator took the case 1t was q
delicate, not to say hazardous, undertake
ing. The most difficult step was making
the clerks acquaintance without exciting
his suspicious, but she accomplished that
by buying some stocks and opening an
account in the Office. After q fey visits
and an encouraging smile or two, the
clerk suggested visit to the theatre.
The invitation was accepted and the lady's
address given, and after that there were
champagne suppers, the opera and gem
eral good time. The fact that the young
man was spending too much money was
soon evident and one evening he called at
his charmer's boarding house to learn that
she had gone away, leaving no message or
address.
But in the course Of the investigation
the pretty detective had also discovered
that the culprit was generous chap and
not bad fellow in the main, although
rather reckless, and she had begun to like
him more than she cared to own to herself
So she induced the broker TO promise that
he would make no public exposure, but
would tell the culprit of the error of his
course and give him chance to make
restitution. That rapid young man is not
yet aware that his detection and his par
don were both due to the mysterious and
fuCRinutinu CnnrnIotnp in CT lo
shared his champagne suppers and sud
denly disappeared. New York Cor
Chicago Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
A Silk Knit Garter.

A novel custom still prevails among
ladies in some parts which will commend
itself to maiden ladies growing old. 1t is
said that she who puts on q silk knit gar
ter the first day of the year and wears IL
continuously will certainly marry during
the year. 1t is said that the mother of a
young lady, being very much pleased with
the silken garter worn by young lady
for this purpose, proposed to knit " fel.
low " for it; but the young lady declined,
saying she had sufficient confidence in the
bewitching circlet and preferred thu
natural coming of the ''fellow.-All the
Year Round.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
LOVES RHAPSODY.
.'My darlIngIl, Thus thy speech. which, IS

my darlingf'' Thus thy speech, which, as !
heard,
Brought marvellous JOY and wonderment, withal,
II any other words OF any tongue
Or known or unfamiliar yet TO man,
On earth or far In any loftier sphere,
Held half the heavenly sweetness Of these twof
Then, having wondered so space, turned
And wept, with fuller knowledge overwhelmed:
20 Love, o Love, that You should love me sol
What can do dear Love, to make return2
Long WAS 1t dark, but now Is light; thine eyes
Shall Iiake constant heaven, though days be
efnyl
Late WIS poor, but thou hast made me rich;
What gold more precious than thy clustering
hnir?
What shall do, o Love. TO make returng"
Long thus wept; yet were they happy tears
Sweetheart, doSt know whit strong encompass
meat
Is thine where'cr thou gcest henceforth, for aye'
never feel thy parting warm embrace,
never loose mo from thine arms to walk
However brief the timo should be--alone,
Without the utterlng 81 passionate prayer,
Which surely God most mercful must heed,
A prayer SO strong, so ardent that II seems
AS IL for that the moment while pray
My soul leaps from my body and becomes
Itself cry to God, to guard thee, sweet
To shield thee wheresoeer thy path may leadl
Il ilv Curry.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
Expensive Collection of Pearls.

The most expensive collection Of pearls
on record is that owned by the Countess
of Dudley, which is far more valuable
than the celebrated pearls belonging to the
pearls. The top is composed of pear
shaped pearls. There is very large one
in the center, and the others are graduated
in size down to the smallest. In order tC
get these pear shaped pearls in the
requisite sizes and colors the jewellers
were obliged to buy such an enormous
quantity of pearls that when the famous
necklace was completed, with earrings
bracelets, and brooch and finger ring K
match, they had e75,000 worth of ode
pearls left.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
How to KIN Cats.

After much consultation with veteri.
nary surgeons and experts, no better OF
more merciful method Of kifliag cats has
been found than to put with long
handled wooden spoon about half a tea
spoonful Of pure cyanide of potassium on
the cats tongue as near the throat as pos,
sible. The suffering Is only for a few
seconds. Great care must be used to gel
r,re cyanide NJ potassium. and to keep II
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23

.tiy car..e b, ---Aew :. :. i.-esss &.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
Electric Light and rlo,rers.

The light from an electric lamp tower
at Davenport, Ia, falls full upon o flower
garden about 1G0 feet away, and during
the past summer the owner has observed
that lilies which have usually bloomed
only in the day have opened In the night,
and that morning glories have Enclosed
their blossoms as soon rs the electric light
f'm c1 thorl ---Prhl'c Opinion.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23
ALEX. DAVIDSON
Attcrney-at-Law and Solicitor
in chancery,
OFFICE-LIBRARY Room CoURT-HoUsE.
Special attention paid to Collections.
Jan, In. H5-ly

wascan live at home, and make more money
vIlllat work for us, than ut anything else In
kuuthis world. Capital not needed you are
started free. Both sexes; all ages. Any
one can do the work. Large earnings sure
from FIRST start. Costly outfit and terms free.
Better not delay. Costs you nothing TO send
YOU will do so Mt once. II. HALLKTr & Co.
Portland. Maine.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-23

l do not believe that
Ayers Sarsaparllln has
an equal MS 4 remedy
for Scroful0us HUI
mors. IL Is pleasant
10 take, gives strength
and vlgor 70 the body,
and produces 4 more
permanent, lasting, re-
suit than any medicine
i ever used - Il.
IIaines, No. Lindale, o.
/ have used Ayers
Sarsapaiilla, In my FAM
lily, for Scr0fula, and
know, II II Is taken
faithfully, IL will
thoroughly eradicate
this terrible disease. -
w. #. Fowler, III. D.,
Greenyille, Tenn.
For forty years 1
have suffered with Ery-
slpelas. l have tried
all sorts of remedies
for my complaint, but
found no relief until l
com menced using
Ayers SarsnpariIla.
After taking ten bot
ties of'this medicine L
am completely cured.
- Mary G. Amesbury,
Rockport, Me.
1 nave suffered, for
years, from Catarrh,
which was so severe
that It destroyed my
appetite and weakened
my system. After try
ing other remedies,
and getting no relief, I
began to take Ayers
Sarsaparllla, and, in q
few months, was cured.
Susan l.. Cook, 900
Albany ST. Boston
Highlands, Mass.
Ayers Sarsaparilla
Is superior TO any blood
| purifier that | have
ever tried. / have
taken It for Scrofula,
| Canker, and Salt
Rheum, and received
much benefit from 1t.
1t Is good, also, for a
weak stomach.-- Mile
Jane Peirce, South
! Bradford, Mass.
!. Aver & Co., Lowell, Macs.
six bottles, Sd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-07
THE WINAEE wisHED he mn LOSE

A BET on THE YACHT RACE FOLLOWED ny 4 RIDE
IL a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ND PLASTER
Mount Vernon had a cOnvulson at early hour yes
terday and It's effect TO large part Of ,hc
community from their beds much earlier hour than
usual Ninthave. and ventinsst FOR ahaf mile above
the New-lIaven Railroad station crowded with men,
women and children, who showed by their appearance
that they had hastily dressed themselves Iho cause OF
this excitement was the payment OF wager on the re
cent Americas Cup races j. C. Whey superintendent
OF the silk department OF T.. J. Denning cos. and
David Van VIE OF f. g. Higgins Co, were supporters
Of the TAistles and the Volunteers superior qualities
respectively when the Volunteer won the first race
over the inside cOurse. Mr.. Van Vie would have
" painted the town red had he been less dgnihed
person, but 1t was lie satisfied himself
with simply thorough American eagle salute with the
biggest gun lie could Obainor six barrclcd revolver
in front Of Mr. vney's house. The lattcr invited Mr.
Van VIE aud hi, friends little luncheon where the
models Of the Thistle and Volunteer were discussed
Tbi. resulted In another wager That If the volunteer
should succeed keeping the cup mere MT Fihey WAS
10 transport Mr.. Van VIE In whc-lbarr0w from Ma
home 10 tho stationa distance Of halia mile on inc
morning Of October and If the Thistle should win the
Gun. then Mr. Van Vic should do tho wheeling Mr.
Van Vie paid the penalty Of his patriotic fervor ycseT
dav mornjnc but his experience suggested that he
should have bet on the Thistle his personal comfort
was a consideration
PROMPTLY at Gas a. m Mr. Whey appeared with an Old
wheebarrow. and In another minute Mt van we III MS
neat business suit, carrying in his right mana small
white dag with the word "|oluntecr' painted dagoh
ally acros 81 IL, and trmmcl gandly with rel "he anu
blue ribbons his left hand ho carried large Dunoh
OF thstles trimmed ia mourning Wintred T. hhoaues
with the American ensgs. upon which was lhigc PIC
ture Volunteer, healed the procession WhIch W.
apylandcd aud checrcd Justify on iis way by tho Gi
f.sr who enjoyed the sport probably moro thth cHcI
az the PRINCIPALS There three or Tour dumps ON
IN. Wa dawn bn these nothing TO tie joItlng over
tie rough and rugged path which The vehicle look or
n
Van vie several times proposed TO modify the limits OF
the wager MI Viney snscsied that IL woulu DC io
honorable for him carry out his contract nc
characterization met the station was unexpected Du
tho two participants made 10 forget their us ot
The moment Then there raid upon tue nearest
drug store there sudden scarcity or aduesiVo
plaster aud while friend cut IL In slips another
Lu.icd himself siiok!ug Mr. Vlneya torn ana DIS
tered fingers When MI Van Vie reached his once he
sont foI arncA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-07
TRYING the rev. {. y. MILLEN
ELDERS INDIGNANT THAT THE PROCEEDING

Elders INDIGNANT THAT THE PROCEEDINGS
REACHED THE PRESS
Tho examination If tho charges against the hev
{. ". Mllcn Ia the Na-hln-ton street Methodist Els
coph Church In Brooklyn, by Presiding Elders Adams
and Simmons and a committee OF seven ministers was
continued yesterday. There - long debate III re
gard the disclosure ~ the proceedings Of the first
day aud T. h. psAlcy, Mr. Miilcn ,hct 4ccu-cr, was
denounced for making statements for publication. Mr.
Millcn's counsel, Dr. Joseph Pullman, In pa uculT
attacked Par-hcy with great vigpr but MI fdish
ley Indignantly Denied giving any facts. An cnO.t
WAS Iuaio to exclude him from the sessions Of the
committee, but It ovcrrued and tho consideration
Of tho Charge was resumed. Further evidence In
support of the specification alleging improper conduct
ON the part OF Mr. Milcn ton yeas ago Ia IIaNcrhl
Mas, considered
Part Of this was the testimony elected by com
mission which visited Haycrill In tho summer and
examined witnesses there. Tho Rev James Pthc, who
Wa, presiding cldc, VI the District o the New Hampshire
Conference IN which iIaycrhn IL situated when Mr.
Mncn pastor u the Wesley church In that place
In l-75-7G-'7 II, deposed that be had heard many
rumor. DAMAGING 10 MIR Mllcn's character He knew
nothing O his own knowledge, but the letters he had
rc,cI. "A from Mr. Slllrn led him ~ think That the
reports had foundation IN fact and he 10 tn"d q
dccld.d opinion Of Mr.. Nucns guilt An AFFIDAVIT was
-ubnIttcb from John y SNOW, In whose house NJ
Miilru AID his wife boarded In January, l-11.
Tnc Anllayt charged Nj Mlllen with adultery on
January p, l-77. The committee" went into the
inyc- CATION % tho second specifications relating 10
Nh Nillcl alleged Misconduct iu TIE parsonage Vf
nc Dr alb At"nlc Methodist Episcopal Churth 10
Hrooalyn IN l-7y. 1Ac proceedings VIII continue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-07

with this movement 10 and maintain effective oea
atons 10 act with our Central Executive
Committee
for the Legislature u this State, irrespective OF thcit
political affiliations who will accept the views expressed
In these resolutions and pledge themselves " adop INN
for their rule OF official act0n whenever and wherever
applicable and all legitimate means in our power Will be
used 10 secure their election.
The Brooklyn delegates asked the convention IA adopt
these additional plaDks:
the OF and who voted
Crosby and Xet9sr liquor bill. and those who voted AGAINST
Liberty party by letter and the public BY pia ard ,
Sunday laws and to guard against constitutional defects and
to aOrogate OLD Puritan laws ., s
be asked pledge himself for the support OF bills adopted by
Fourth. That bills favored by this party shall be
societies connected herewith and that candidates be
quested 10 sign IL agreement 10 support the same
ID. W. Mewrah, OF the LiederkranZ Society OF New.
York opposed tho adoption or the planks We ought
antagonize the members OF the Legislature who voted
for those bills Perhaps tUey will act better when they
know about 1000 votes. and VIII not vote FOR those
bills again"
Upon his motion the Brooklyn planks referred to
the Executive Committee Of the party. The Executive
Committee appointed. which will perform tho
work done in other parties by state Com-
miee Daniel schmeer, of Syracuse Jacob schlouth
OF Poug hkeepsie Otto Fuhrmann, OF fonkcrs Peter
Mdshsrd. OF Utica; Ernest Knaur of schnectay; Fred
erck Young Of Elmra Charles A. ssdler and f. Guih-
man. OF NewYork and Il. Weisskitte and william Van
Maltitz of roakyn. Tho president of the league elected
John Otto IIund OF No 81 Park Place, New York
The ex .ecutIve committee will have its headquarters in
Eew-Yorx Judge Nehrbas said about its operations:
1.-THE Executive Committee Will ask every Candidate
for the Legi.atu If he will vote for bill to open the
liquor from p until midnight on sunday. IL
his potics II ali Candidates decline to give us pledge
for such bill will candidates OF our own
for the Senate and for the Legislature"
The Executive Committee. so Mr. stader stated. al
Legislature and would at put TO them the question
wheher they would favor opening the liquor stores